actually walk away from a gaming table
or an traffic accident or an attempted assault
get on that horse again and ride as they say
and still don't know why at the next pocket-draining plunge
or the next crumple of smashed bodywork
or the encounter where they fight back and win
or cower shivering and robbed after going back
to the scene of the crime as if they could exorcise its effect on them
chants of a personal superstition
denial being the commonest and most practiced therapy
no maybe you won't be surprised
not if you're alive and present in this instant
also shaking your head in disbelief
Content (c) 2008-2011 Philip Milito.
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